position and has now left the department and left big shoes to fill and i understand it will be janelle fitzpatrick also leaving. so they have both been great assets to the department, first with the environment now program and then in the larger outreach team leadership, but i certainly wish him well in future endeavors. we expect many great things from him and from janelle and wish them the best, but really wanted to appreciate for both of them, their good work and significant contributions to the department on, again both environment now and outreach, annual reports, strategy, communications, public engagement, overseeing the various programs within outreach, et cetera. donnie has done a lot and will be significantly missed. so there are other staff things that i think director raphael will note later, but i wanted to highlight that because it's significant i think for the department, for the commission, for me, for the public. >> commissioner wald: thank you very much. there is still a possibility that donnie will make it here this evening at which point we will all have an opportunity to thank

janel fitzpatrick my partner said we did the most san francisco thing to do is raise our family in portlandas we move on, we definitely just reflect on how much of an inch credible experience it was to be part of the department environment. you know, so much of the opportunities i have been afforded here rely on two things. one, there is such a strong foundation of great programs with the department that allowed myself and my team to take risks with the outreach. at the time it was considered innovative. we had the space to do so and great programs. the other thing was i surrounded myself with fabulous people. you heard luke and rebecca share their project on the led give away. the team stepped up to deliver. i was at my best when i created a space for people to do great work. they delivered. one of the things i would share and i haven't shared in a while. in 12th century europe when the tribes would fight, the way they fought was get across the valley and the two chiefs would run at each other. the idea was the you are a good chief your tribe would follow you into battle. if you weren't, y